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On the outlook : figures of the Messianic / edited by Thomas Crombez and Katrien Vloeberghs.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Messianism--History--Congresses.
- Messianism.
- Political messianism--History--Congresses.
- Political messianism.
- Messianism in literature--Congresses.
- Messianism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume explores the traditional and contemporary modes and stakes of messianic thinking in its close interaction with both previous and actual political contexts and theoretical discourses. In the past decades, philosophers and political thinkers repeatedly drew upon the millennial tradition of messianic thinking in their efforts to come to terms with the injustices of the present. Their conceptions of messianism build upon and revise, modify or radicalize politico-theological theories d...
- Contents:
- Discontinuous historiographies
- Historical contexts of messianism
- The poetics of messianism
- Human agency and the coming of the Messiah.
- Notes:
- "This book is based on lectures presented at the international conference for junior scholars 'On the outlook: figures of the Messianic', ... within the context of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, in May 2006"--Acknowledgments.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19139-X
- 9786612191398
- 1-4438-0766-4
- OCLC:
- 816312228
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